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Positive regulator of the hedgehog signaling pathway (By similarity). Plays a critical role in bone formation and skeletal development.

This gene encodes a protein that functions in bone formation and skeletal development. Mutations in this gene, as well as in a neighboring gene that lies in a head-to-head configuration, cause Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, an autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia that is also known as chondroectodermal dysplasia. Mutations in this gene also cause acrofacial dysostosis Weyers type, also referred to as Curry-Hall syndrome, a disease that combines limb and facial abnormalities. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]

Gene RIF (17)

Sequencing of both EVC and EVC2 identified two novel heterozygous splice site mutations c.384+5G>C in intron 3 and c.1465-1G>A in intron 10 in EVC, which were inherited from mother and father, respectively.

Exome sequencing revealed a likely pathogenic mutation in three novel candidate MKS disease genes-C5orf42, EVC2 and SEC8 (also known as EXOC4), which encodes an exocyst protein with an established role in ciliogenesis

Identification of a novel genotype in EvC will provide clues to phenotype-genotype relations and may assist not only in the clinical diagnosis of EvC but also in the interpretation of genetic information used for prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling

In this study, two novel heterozygous EVC2 mutations, IVS 5-2A > G and c.2653C > T (Arg88 5X), were identified in the patient; the IVS5-2A > G mutation was inherited from the patient's mother and the c.2653C > T from her father